First Father’s Day

First Father’s Day

Today, I celebrate a man I have been with for almost 8 years. 7 years into our relationship, God saw it fit to bless us with child. Today, we have an 8-month-old beautiful daughter that keeps growing and flourishing daily. Would all this be possible if her father was not here? I strongly doubt it. We both, unfortunately, weren’t raised by both our parents, and we saw what it can do to a child. We, therefore, both swore that we will try our best to be conscious about maintaining a healthy relationship and raising our child to be the best version of herself.

Sadly, we don’t have a point of reference for healthy parenting. We do, however, have God and the church and they remind us daily on how we can grow as a family.

Daddy, I am so proud of the man you have become. I am even more proud of the father that you are to our girl. You are the ultimate hands-on-dad who enjoys bath time. You don’t enjoy diaper change time but you do it anyway because it has to be done, and I respect that about you.

Our lives had to change drastically after finding out we were pregnant, but you’ve embraced this journey so much, and that has kept me going.